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WIRE ROD REELING MACHINE.

No. 381,408. Patented Apr. 17, 1888.

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CHARLES H. MORGAN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

WIRE-ROD-REELING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,408, dated April17, 1888.

Application filed January 30, 1888. Serial No. 262,476.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Grmnnns H. BIORGAN,

of Worcester, in the county of Vorcester and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vire-Rod- ReelingMachines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1represents a central vertical longitudinal section of a wire-rod-reelingmachine embodying my improvements, taken on lines a a, Figs. 2 and 3,looking in the directions indicated by arrows a ct, same figures. Fig. 2is a back view of said reeling-machine, looking in direction of arrow1), Fig. 1, also showing the last set or finishing rolls of arollingmill and the usual wire-rod-conducting tube between said rollsand the reel. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the protecting hoodor guard over the reel hereinafter described, taken on line 0, Fig. 1,looking in the direction of arrow 0, showing the reel in plan view andother parts in an oblique angle. Fig. 4 is a transverse section throughthe reel-shaft and other parts hereinafter described, taken at the pointindicated by arrow (1, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan view of an apparatus forremoving the finished coil, also hereinafter described. Fig. 6 is asimilar section to that shown in Fig. 1 of the reel, its hood or guard,at part of the shaft and shippinglever, and the aforesaid coil-removin gapparatus, the latterbei n g shown in side view by full and dotted linesto more fully illustrate the operation of removing the finished coil;and Fig. 7 is ahorizontal section through the shipping-lever, taken online 6, Fig. 2, showing a simple method of locking said lever at eachend of its throw in shipping and unshipping the driving-power to andfrom the machine.

My invention relates to improvements upon the machine for coiling wirerods patented to me in the United States under two patents, Nos. 224,787and 224,941, both dated February 24, 1880, also in England, May 25,1880, No. 4,801; and it consists in making the machine, as hereinafterdescribed, with an inclined reel having a double circular row of spokesor pins, between which the rods may be coiled as they are delivered fromthe rolling-mill and de- (No model.)

posited upon said reel, also with a protecting hood or guard over saidreel, and of an 1mproved coil-removing apparatus, the purpose of saidimprovements being to simplify the construction and coil-removingoperation, as well as to afford better protection to the at tendantsfrom injury during the coiling operation.

Following is a detailed description of my said invention with referenceto the accompanying drawings:

The parts marked A represent the main supporting frame-work of themachine, having suitable inclined bearings, A A for the inclinedreel-shaft B to turn in. To the upper end of said inclined shaft issecured the reel 0, upon which the wire rods are coiled as they aredelivered from the rolling-mill. Said reel is provided with a doublecircular row of spokes or pins, ff, fastened thereto at the properdistance apart to receive the 0011 between them, as indicated in thedrawings. The shaft and reel are turned by means of a pulley, 9,arranged upon said shaft, and which may be connected by a belt, h, orotherwise with any suitable and convenient driving mechanism. Thedriving-power is shipped and unshipped to and from the shaft in thefollowing manner: Upon said shaft adjoin ng pulley g is arranged afriction-hub, i, having the two beveled or cone-shaped surfaces j isinclined downward longitudinally in opposite directions, for the purposehereinafterdescribed. Said hub is fastened so as to turn with the shaftand at the same time have a slight longitudinal movement thereon by passing a key, Z, transversely through said parts and making the slot oropening at in the shaft a little longer than the width of said key, asshown in Fig. 1. The hub is arranged between a flaringshaped flange, 9,formed on the side of pulley g, and a similarly-shaped flange, a, formedon a hub, a, secured to the lower bearing, A of frame A. The lower endof the shaft is fitted and turns in said hub, and is held againstdownward longitudinal movement by a bearing or collar, 0, interposedbetween the bottom of the shaft and an internal holding-flange, 0,formed on the hub a. If preferred, said collar may be dispensed with andthe lower end of the shaft arranged to bear directly against saidflange.

The pulley g and its flange g are fitted to turn upon shaft B, while thehub n and its flange n are fastened rigidly, as above de: scribed.Therefore, when the beveled hub t on shaft B is made to engage with theflange on the pulley, the driving-power of said pul- -ley, which turnscontinuously, is transmitted shaft or acollar, p, interposed betweensaid hub and shoulder, as shown in Fig. 1.

Hub 2' is operated to thus engage and disengage the driving-power toandfrom shaft B and reel Oin the following manner: A constant upwardpressure is produced upon the hub toward the pulley g by a series ofspiral springs, 7--four in this instance disposed in suitable recesses,q, formed preferably in a circle in the under side of said hub t, asshown in Figs. 1 and 4, said springs hearing at their upper ends againstthe hub and at their lower ends against a plate or disk, 1", keyed toshaft B and held against the pressure of said springs by a shoulder, r,formed on said shaft, against which the hub of said plate or disk bears.(See also Fig. 1.) The hub z is drawn away from the rotating flange 9and engaged with the stationary flange n to stop the reel by pullingupon the shipper-lever s in the direction from the machine, said leverbeing connected with said hub through the connectingrod t, crank-arm u,rod or piston '0, and the key Z, before alluded to. The rod or piston 12is fitted to slide longitudinally in a central opening formed in shaftB. The key Z is passed through its inner end, and its outer end isengaged with the upper end of the hinged crank-arm u, as is shown inFigs. 1 and 2. The construction of the other connections will beunderstood from said figures without further description thereof. Inthis instance the shippers is locked when drawn forward, as aforesaid,to unship the power from the shaft and reel by bringing the same back ofa stationary shoulder, to, as shown by dotted lines in Fig.

7, a slot, w, as well as said shoulder, being formed in thefloor for thepurpose.

' In order that the completed coil may be conveniently removed from thereel 0, said reel is provided with aseries of radial flanges, av, for

holding said coil a little above the surface of said reel, as is shownin Figs. 1 and 6. They are in this instance arranged inv line with eachset of spokes or pins f f, as -shown in Fig. 3; but Ido not limit myselfthereto or to the number and position of said spokes or pins.

A protecting hood or guard, 1, is employed upon the machine around thereel 0, for the purpose of confining the rod within proper limit, andthus protecting the attendants from injury incase short pieces of therod fly out of the reel during the coiling operation, as will sometimeshappen when the rods are rolled from defective material. Said hood isfastened to the outer edges of the circular portion A of frame A comingunder the reel, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6, and extends over thetop longer than at the bottom, so that the front end thereof isvertical, or substantially so, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. The reel beingthus inclosed,except upon the front side, effectually serves the purposeabove described, while at the same time the coil may be convenientlyremoved, owing to said reel being arranged at an oblique angle, as shownand previously described.

My improved apparatus for removing the finished coil from the reelconsists of a truck, D, made with two wheels, 2 z, with a backextension, z, and handle a, and with a forward extension, 2*, having thepeculiarly-shaped hook 2 at the outer extremity thereof, adapted to bepassed under the coil, as indicated inFig. 6, preparatory to the removalthereof from the reel. The truck is strengthened upon each side by meansof the tie-rods z z extending from the hook z to within a short distanceofthe handle 2 The essential feature of this part of my inventionconsists in applying the hook z to the frontof said truck. The truckproper may be of any suitable and well-known construction.

The operation of the machine is in brief as follows: Assuming that thedriving-pulley g is in operation and the reel at rest, said reel isfirst set in motion by pulling upon the shipper sin the r'ightdirectionto engage the bevelfaced hub t with. the flange g on said pulley 9through the connections hereinbefore described. Meanwhile the billet orbar is going through the process of reduction in the rollingmill, (onlyt-helast or finishing rolls E of which is shown,) and by the time thereel is well under way the rod passes out from between said last set ofrolls into and through the conductin g-tubeE, and is projected upon saidrevolving reel between the two sets of spokes or pins f f previouslydescribed, which catch and carry round said rod as it issues from theconducting-pipe. Upon the coil being finished, the reel is stopped byreversing the shipper. Said coil is then removed from the reel bypassing the hooked end of the truck device D under the same, aspreviously described, then lifting the coil by depressing the outer endof said truck, and finally drawing the truck with the coil suspendedfrom its hook back, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6, thuscompleting the operation.

I reserve the right to make such modifications in the construction ofthe machine as may be deemed expedient under different circumstances,and, if desired, some other coilremoving device or apparatus may beemployed in conjunction with said machine in lieu of the one hereinshown and described. In practice it is preferable to arrange the shaft,and reel at an angle of about fortyfive degrees,

as shown in the drawings, as the best results are thereby obtained; butI do not limit myself thereto.

What I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. In a machine for coiling wire rods, an inclined reel having a doublerow of spokes or pins, between which the rods may be coiled, and aprotecting-guard surrounding said reel, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. A machine for coiling wire rods,comprising, in combination, thefollowing elements: a reel mounted on the upper end of an inclined shaftand having a double row of spokes or pins, between which the rods may becoiled, said inclined shaft fitted to turn in suitable inclinedstationary hearings in the frame, means for rotating said shaft and forshipping and nnshipping the power to and from the same, substantially asshown and specified.

3. In a machine for coiling wire rods, the reel thereof having a doublerow of spokes or pins, between which the rods may be coiled, and aseries of radial flanges upon the top surface thereof (preferably inline with said spokes or pins) for holding the rods above said topsurface, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a wire-rod-reeling machine, the combination of the frame, thereel, and a protecting hood or guard secured to said frame and extendingaround and over the top of the reel in the manner described, said reelbeing mounted on the upper end of an inclined rotary shaft, and havinga. double row of spokes or pins, between which the rods may be coiled,and said inclined shaft being fitted to turn in suitable inclinedbearings in the frame, sub stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The coil-removing apparatus consisting of a truck made insubstantially the manner described, and having a hook at its forward endadapted to be passed under the coil to remove the same, substantially asset forth.

6. The combination, with a reel having radial flanges to hold the coilabove the bottom thereof, of a truck having at its forward end a hookadapted to be inserted between said flanges under the coil to remove thelatter, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination,with a reel mounted on an inclined shaft and havingradial flanges, as specified, and a hood or guard curving over said reeland open in front, of a truck pro vided with a projecting hook shaped toenter said hood and remove the coil from the reel, substantially asdescribed.

CHAS. H. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

PAUL B. MORGAN, A. A. BARKER.

